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Table 1 Applicant, Accepted and Confirmed, and Participant Pools Stratified By Educational Background and Gender

From: Institutionalizing healthcare hackathons to promote diversity in collaboration in medicine

 

Applicant Pool

Accepted & Confirmed Pool

Participant Pool

Attrition Ratec

Academic Degreea

 High School

10 (1.7%)

9 (2.2%)

7 (2.7%)

22.2%

 Undergraduate

220 (37.5%)

135 (32.8%)

91 (35.4%)

32.6%

 Masters

131 (22.3%)

110 (26.7%)

49 (19.1%)

55.5%

 PhD

93 (15.8%)

70 (17.0%)

50 (19.5%)

28.6%

 MD

58 (9.9%)

33 (8.0%)

18 (7%)

45.5%

 JD

2 (0.3%)

2 (0.5%)

1 (0.4%)

50.0%

 MBA

49 (8.4%)

34 (8.3%)

29 (11.3%)

14.7%

 Dualb

24 (4.1%)

19 (4.6%)

12 (4.7%)

36.8%

Gender

 Male

328 (55.9%)

320 (55.8%)

148 (57.6%)

53.8%

 Female

242 (41.2%)

171 (41.5%)

99 (38.5%)

42.1%

 Non-binary

17 (2.9%)

11 (2.7%)

10 (3.9%)

9.1%

 Total

587

412

257

37.6%

  1. aAcademic degree was recorded as a student’s currently enrolled academic program or a professional’s highest level of education
  2. bAcademic programs categorized under dual degree include MD/PhD, MD/MBA, JD/MBA, and MD/MPH
  3. cThe attrition rate, defined as the percentage of accepted and confirmed individuals who did not attend the hackathon, is noted for each subgroup. We received correspondence from a minority of accepted applicants (n = 11), who upon receiving confirmation emails, stated that they could no longer attend alongside a self-reported reason. Reasons for failed attendance included sickness, unplanned busyness with coursework, familial obligations, conflicting events (e.g. research conferences), and for traveling participants, a lack of funds to support transportation and housing